Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lucilia
Posted by Toby on 21-04-2008 23:36
#1
is it possible to ID species from this photo?
Richmond Park, April.
Posted by Rui Andrade on 21-04-2008 23:38
#2
Gymnochaeta viridis (Tachinidae), I think.
Posted by Susan R Walter on 22-04-2008 12:48
#3
Agreed. No Lucilia has hairy eyes and a bare arista - sure sign of a Tachinid if it's metallic green.
Posted by crex on 22-04-2008 15:06
#4
I wonder what
G. zhelochovtsevi and
G. magna looks like. Are they also green and metallic?
Edited by crex on 22-04-2008 15:07
Posted by Toby on 22-04-2008 21:25
#5
thanks, didn't realise the Tachinids had 'Greenbottles' too!
Posted by Rui Andrade on 22-04-2008 21:44
#6
crex wrote:
I wonder what G. zhelochovtsevi and G. magna looks like. Are they also green and metallic?
crex, look at this thread:
http://www.dipter...ad_id=4902
Posted by crex on 23-04-2008 08:56
#7
Thanks Rui! I assume then that all are the shiny metallic type ... All three
Gymnocheta species are mentioned in the Swedish Report System, but
G. zhelochovtsevi status is unsure.